The Prime Minister

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Briefing for scientific community

• National Science Challenges Announcement and
  next steps

• The Prime Ministers Chief Science Advisor
• Sir Peter Gluckman

• Waikato Management School
• Friday 10 May 2013

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Challenge Criteria

• Each National Science Challenge will target a
  high-level goal which, if achieved, would have a
  major and enduring public benefit for New
  Zealand.
• There is wide public consensus that the Challenge
  will address an issue or opportunity of wide
  public importance for New Zealand.
• Scientific research is central to addressing the
  Challenge.
• New Zealand has the broad scientific capability
  and capacity to undertake the challenge
  successfully.
• There is sufficient external motivation and
  linkages for the research results to be
  successfully implemented to achieve the Challenge
  goal.

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Challenge Features

• A strong, virtual governance structure (new or
  existing), with clear leadership and
  accountabilities across the researchers and
  institutions involved in the Challenge.
• A broad portfolio of multi-disciplinary research
  activity that will involve collaboration across a
  number of research providers.
• A number (eg 2 to 6) of inter-related research
  themes that are integrated and co-ordinated to
  provide a plausible pathway to achieving the
  Challenge.
• The relevant expertise available across the
  science sector in New Zealand to achieve the
  Challenge.
• Clear links with international research activity
  that support the achievement of the Challenge.
• Strong collaboration between researchers and
  intended end-users of the research activity,
  including, where appropriate, obtaining
  investment from end-users in the Challenges
  research.
• Relevant existing research included into the
  scope of the Challenge.

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The NSC process to date

• Submissions sought from public and academic
  community
• Ministerial instructions to panel criteria and
  features
• Panel read submissions
• Panel
• Reviewed criteria
• Discussed opportunities and risks for NZ which
  science could address
• Brain stormed headline challenge topics
• Reviewed these to deal with criteria, overlaps,
  framing iteratively while referring back to
  submissions until lt15 challenges
• Panel then worked iteratively in subgroups and in
  group as a whole to flesh out themes and examples
  of components
• Developed 12 challenges and one leadership
  challenge
• Panel also considered other aspects, ommissions
  and other content in the submissions
• Panel developed report presented to Minister on
  March 28

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Outcomes

• Cabinet approved 10 challenges by combining 2 and
  one (better houses, towns cities) has been
  deferred.
• Budget doubled from 60 million new money to
  133.5 million new money over 4 years.

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National Science Challenge Reportwww.msi.govt.nz
www.pmcsa.org.nz

• 1. Background
• 2. Consultation
• 3. Characteristics and features of a challenge
• 4. Panel Process
• 5. Submissions public and scientific
• 6. Recommended Challenges
• 7. Readiness to proceed
• 8. Other notes on the twelve Challenges
• 9. Common themes underpinning the Challenges
• 10. Maori and Pasifika interests
• 11. A Challenge for New Zealands leadership
  the Science and Society Challenge.
• 12. Other points the Panel wishes to bring to
  Governments attention.
• 13. Communication of outcomes
• 14. Next steps in the development of the
  challenges

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National Science Challenges

• Aging well harnessing science to sustain health
  and wellbeing into the later years of life
• A better start improving the potential of young
  New Zealanders to have a healthy and successful
  life
• Healthier lives research to reduce the burden
  of major New Zealand health problems

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National Science Challenges

• New Zealands biological heritage protecting
  and managing our biodiversity, improving our
  biosecurity, and enhancing our resilience to
  harmful organisms
• Life in a changing ocean understanding how we
  can exploit our marine resources within
  environmental and biological constraints
• The Deep South understanding the role of the
  Antarctic and the Southern Ocean in determining
  our climate and our future environment

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National Science Challenges

• Our land and water  Research to enhance primary
  sector production and productivity while
  maintaining and improving our land and water
  quality for future generations
• High value nutrition developing high value
  foods with validated health benefits
• Science for technological innovation enhancing
  the capacity of New Zealand to use physical and
  engineering sciences for economic growth
• Resilience to natures challenges research into
  enhancing our resilience to natural disasters

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For each challenge

• The panel developed
• A detailed description of the opportunity
• A statement of the science goal for the Challenge
• A statement of the societal goal for the
  Challenge
• The recommended scientific themes are described
  along with examples of the expected research
  components
• Comments on readiness
• Other relevant comments

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New Zealands Biological Heritage protecting
and managing our biodiversity, improving our
biosecurity, and enhancing our resilience to
harmful organisms
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The leadership challenge

• .. there is a Challenge for the leadership of
  New Zealand to take concrete steps to address
  deficits in the public and policy understandings
  of science, to address issues in STEM workforce
  development and to foster a more innovative and
  aspirational use of science in the nations
  development.

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Challenge Implementation

• Initial meetings of officials and experts led by
  MBIE together with Panel members to frame the
  Challenges further and develop an overall
  implementation plan
• Workshops/sandpits with key participants to
  identify themes, research elements and research
  participants for each Challenge
• Development and formal (including external
  scientific) review of detailed research and
  business plans prepared by the Challenge lead(s),
  in conjunction with their research participants
  and relevant stakeholders